Andy Murray strolled to yet another victory in 2009 as he successfully negotiated his way past Viktor Troicki into the 4th round and second week of Wimbledon 2009.

He dropped just 9 games in a comprehensive 6-2 6-3 6-4 win over the 30th seed Viktor Troicki from Serbia. Murray now holds a 3-0 winning record over Troicki and in his last two wins against the Serb the Scot has went on to win the title – Is Troicki Murray’s lucky charm?

Murray will next face 19th seed Stanislas Wawrinka, the Swiss number 2 behind the great Roger Federer.

The Scot produced yet another combined performance of fantastic serving and returning. He served 65% first serves which included 17 aces and faced only 1 break point, which he saved with an ace. He did make more unforced errors than the 5 he made in his second round match, this time giving away 17.

Murray knows he is playing well, but not getting ahead of himself,

I have to give myself an A for coming through the first week,” said the 22-year-old. But I’m going to have to play better next week if I want to come away with title.

The contest was effectively over as Murray raced away with the first set with 2 service breaks in 26 minutes and then took an early break in the second. The rest of set went with serve and another early break in the third set secured the match as Murray powered home is serve to the reach the last 16 for the third time in his short career.

Andy Murray v Viktor Troicki Preview

Andy Murray will once again step on to centre court in his bid to win Wimbledon 2009. His third round challenge will be the 30th seed, Serbia’s Viktor Troicki.

The match will once again be third on centre court on Saturday 27th April 2009. Venus Williams and Andy Roddick’s match are the two before giving a likely start of approximately 5pm.

Murray the sole Brit left in the draw is bidding to win his first Grand Slam title and become the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.

His opponent on Saturday is Victor Troicki, he’s 23 and been climbing the rankings steadily over the last 4 years, he’s now at a career high of 31 in the world and seeded 30th at Wimbledon 2009. He is the Serbain no.2 behind Novak Djokovic and he recently won the world team championship without Djokovic. Janko Tipsarevic and Troicki lifted Serbia to its first World Team Championship title by winning both of their singles matches in straight sets against Germany in the final.

Troicki and Murray have met twice before and Murray holds a 2-0 winning record and the two times he has beaten the Serbian he has went on to win the the title of that event. Their first meeting was in 2008 in St. Petersburg were Murray beat Troicki 6-3 6-3 in the first round on his way to winning that title. Their most recent was just a few months ago in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami, Murray thumped Troicki 6-1 6-0 on his way to capturing what is considered the most prestigious tournament outside the 4 majors.

Murray goes into the match as the strong favourite against the 30th seed Troicki, who is in the third round of a Grand Slam for only the second time. The best odds you will get on an Andy Murray win is 1/25 at Betfair and he is still currently the bookmakers second favorite to win Wimbledon 2009.